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Personal assistance providers' mistreatment of disabled adults
- Authors:
- OKTAY Julianne S., TOMPKINS Catherine J.
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Work, 29(3), August 2004, pp.177-188.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Describes a survey of 84 disabled adults receiving personal assistance with daily living from family members, informal providers, or agency personnel. Results showed that 30% reported mistreatment from their primary provider and 61% reported mistreatment by other providers. Verbal and physical abuse and theft or extortion were the most common forms of mistreatment by primary providers. Adults with lower incomes were the most likely to experience mistreatment. Male providers were more likely to mistreat, as were providers who were inexperienced and who provided more than 50 hours of care per week.
People into Employment: supporting people with disabilities and carers into work
- Author:
- ARKSEY Hilary
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 11(3), May 2003, pp.283-292.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Carers and people with disabilities are disadvantaged groups at risk of social exclusion. Work is an important route to inclusion, but carers and people with disabilities are under-represented in the workforce. Reports key findings from a new study that evaluated People into Employment (PIE), a pilot employment project in north-east England designed to support people with disabilities, carers and former carers in gaining mainstream work, aiming to identify what clients, partner agencies and employers perceived to be PIE's most important services, its strengths and areas where there was scope for further development. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected at the mid-point and at the end of the project through 2 questionnaire surveys and interviews with clients, the project development officer, partner agencies and employers. Drawing on the 'pathway model', the findings show that PIE's interventions included mobilising, matching, mediating and supporting activities. Key ingredients of success include: tailor-made job-search activities and training; adjusting the pace at which people move towards sustained employment; recognising and responding to the differing needs of people with disabilities, carers and former carers; confidence boosting; accompanying clients to job interviews; good job matching; and ongoing practical and emotional support for both clients and employers. Rudimentary calculations suggest that the cost per job to the project is less than the cost per job for large national projects. Overall, these findings illustrate how access to employment via flexible job-search services geared up to the local labour market can successfully promote social inclusion for carers and people with disabilities.
Carers
- Author:
- BECKER Saul
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, 2001, pp.28-33.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
A new initiative to support carers in the United States mirrors the national carers strategy in the UK. But there are important differences, such as the role of insurance in the provision of long term care. Looks at some recent research studies, in particular a study to understand how long-term care insurance for disabled older people can affect the lives of their working care givers.
Community care for severely disabled people on low incomes
- Author:
- PHILLIPS V.L.
- Journal article citation:
- British Medical Journal, 28.10.95, 1995, pp.1121-1123.
- Publisher:
- British Medical Association
Reports on a study which examined the volume and distribution of formal and informal care received by severely disabled adults living at home in the community on low incomes.
Disabled in Britain: counting on community care
- Authors:
- LAMB Brian, LAYZELL Sarah
- Publisher:
- SCOPE
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 53p.,diags.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Research study looking at whether or not the community care reforms have made a difference to the lives of disabled people. Describes user and carer views of the services they are receiving.
The impact of switching on family caregivers of children with cerebral palsy
- Authors:
- NICOLSON Amy, MOIR LOIS, MILSTEED Jeannine
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 8(2), 2013, pp.169-175.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Purpose: This study aimed to enhance our knowledge and understanding of switching, as assistive technology, and how it impacts on family caregivers of children with cerebral palsy with GMFCS levels four or five. Methods: A qualitative method using a constructivist approach was adopted. Purposive sampling was used to recruit five caregivers to participants in this study. Framework analysis was applied to the data collection of semistructured interviews conducted with each caregiver. Findings: The three main themes identified were an investment in the future, resulting in joy and hope. The learning process of switching is resource intensive, time consuming and effortful for caregivers. If caregivers do not perceive this as an investment, then they may not experience the joy switching can bring to their child, and in turn the joy, hope, and caregiver satisfaction it can offer for the future. Conclusion: This research indicates that caregivers often have the greatest impact on whether switching will be adopted in the home. The greatest impact on caregivers is related to their perception on the competence of therapists and coordination of services provided. (Publisher abstract)
It's my life: an interactive resources for social care professionals
- Authors:
- MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY, (Producer)
- Publisher:
- Multiple Sclerosis Society
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- CD ROM
- Place of publication:
- London
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is the most common disabling neurological condition affecting young adults. Around 85,000 people in the UK have MS. MS is the result of damage to myelin - a protective sheath surrounding nerve fibres of the central nervous system. For some people, MS is characterised by periods of relapse and remission while for others it has a progressive pattern. For everyone, it makes life unpredictable. The film provides helpful information about all these aspects of MS
Parents caring for adult children with physical disabilities: the impact of hope and closeness on caregiving benefits
- Authors:
- SCHWARTZ Chaya, HADAR Lilit
- Journal article citation:
- Families in Society, 88(2), April 2007, pp.273-281.
- Publisher:
- The Alliance for Children and Families
In the present study, the authors examined 82 parents of adult children with physical disabilities from Israel. The parents described the benefits of caregiving, and reported positive feelings about their involvement in caregiving as well as a sense of personal growth as a result of caregiving. When parents perceived caregiving as causing less emotional strain (subjective burden), and when they felt higher levels of closeness with their offspring, and expressed higher levels of hope, they were more likely to indicate that caregiving yielded benefits. In the discussion, the authors focus on the importance of developing closeness and hope among parents who care for their adult offspring with physical disabilities. The implications of this conclusion for social work intervention are also discussed.
Better rewards: the cost and effectiveness of employing salaried support carers to reduce waiting lists for short-term care: research report
- Authors:
- HESLOP Pauline, BYFORD Sarah, WEATHERLY Helen
- Publisher:
- Shared Care Network,|Norah Fry Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 112p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
The breaks described take place, not in institutions, but in the homes of carefully selected carers/families, in the child's own home or community setting.
Modern times: an ethnographic study on the quality of life of people with a high support need in a Flemish residential facility
- Authors:
- de WAELE Isabel, Van HOVE Geert
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 20(6), October 2005, pp.625-639.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This ethnographic study shows the impact of the care system on clients’ and staff’s life experiences, with the clear distance between these two groups as one of the core issues. Together with a dominant care approach and a well established but subtile system of control, it makes them function in systems that are characterized by an oppressing care culture. Learned helplessness prevents both groups of acting upon quality of life outcomes. The idea of supporting a life of good quality through merely improving these traditional care systems should therefore be considered with caution, and real alternatives should be considered to open this barrier of the oppressing care culture.